A very stylish way to hold all your home cinema kit – this Petra TV stand.
Very much in the style of late 60s.early 70s space age design, it has a chrome ‘tulip-style’ base, a rounded white frame and a grey tempered glass shelf, which creates a total of three surfaces – enough for most of us I’m sure.
It’s available now to pre-order at Danetti, priced at £199.
Find out more at the Danetti website
Remember Preston from the Ordinary Boys? He was an indie/mod contender who made his name (and lost his cool) on Celebrity Big Brother and in glossy celebrity magazines. Oh yes – and he married and divorced a reality TV star too.
Well, he might not be around much now, but his old car is – and you can buy it. A very stylish one too, this Jaguar XJS Cabriolet cost Preston £12,000 when he bought it, but you can grab it for around £7,995. A great example too – just two previous owners of this automatic, 29,000 miles from new (1986), a 5.3-litre engine, air con, loads of electrics, leather interior and that convertible top for when the sun shines.
Notoriously unreliable, but oozing cool, this could be a classic for the future.
Find out more about the car at the Auto Trader website
Forget the modern lunch box, go for this space age Snack Ball.
Designed for children, this ball-shaped container protects snacks for crushing, especially when travelling. The two halves unscrew for easy cleaning and the lid snaps on to keep things secure.
Available now for pre-order, it retails for $6.49 (around £4).
Flying ducks – seen adorning many living room walls in the 60s and 70s (most famously in Hilda Ogden’s living room in Coronation Street). And if you want some on your walls, you can ditch the ceramics and get them on this Flying Ducks screen print.
It’s certainly eye-catching, with the white ducks sat on a heavy brown recycled paper that measures 30cm x 52cm. It’s also a hand-pulled screen print, available as a limited edition of just 90,
You can pick it up online for £20 – frame not included.
Thanks to Kavel for pointing out that 1952 has the same day order as 2008 – so you can actually use this 1952 vintage pin-up calendar next year.
It’s also a great piece of art that’s very ‘now’, with the calendar (designed for the Tri-State Liquor Store) featuring 12 girls, with all drawings by Elvgren. The only damage is a slight tear to the month of June – which isn’t bad for a paper product that’s around 55 years old.
Still some time to go for this auction, the price currently stands at a very low £5.53.
Find out more at the eBay website
Yesterday we featured the mod-themed bedroom from Next, Well, it’s not the only themed design the retailer is offering – there’s also a rock star range, which includes this amplifier storage unit.
This self assembly unit has all the detailing of a classic amplifier, right down to the re-inforced corners and control on the front. Except this isn’t an amp, it;s a storage unit, with two front doors and plenty of room for your bedside essentials.
Sized at 61 x 60.5 x 27cm, it retails for £60.
